Audi recently came and swapped my A6 back to its regular summer tyres from it winter boots, just in time for the warm spell we’ve been experiencing.

But returning the shiny alloys the car first arrived on has brought into sharp focus how much road gunk the recent weeks of high mileage have deposited on the rest of the A6. The Oolong Grey paint hides dirt so well that I’ve not been shoved into cleaning action since the last bout of snow in February, but now the weather has perked up and I’ve some shiny good-as-new wheels, it’s proved the incentive I need to show a bit more pride in my machine.

Audi A6 Avant 3.0 TDI 204 SE Multitronic
Mileage 10 235
Claimed combined consumption 54.3mpg
Our average consumption 40.1mpg
Forecast CPM 79.2p
Actual CPM 80.6p